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I bought a Knight TK 2000 for turkey hunting this year I have chased around Thunder chickens before with a smoke pole . I was lucky enough to kill a turkey with my Double barrel Damascus shotgun. That gun was given to me by my Grandfather who just passed away last summer at the age of 98 . He actually bought the double barrel shotgun at a auction when he was 8 years old for 25 cents ! Pretty cool history . Anyway back to my TK 2000 . I wanted a muzzleloading shotgun that would reach out . This is just the gun for the job but.... I had a little learning curve I thought I would pass on.
I went to a muzzleloader shop to buy my wads ,powder shot ect... the fellow at the shop advised me to shoot 90 grains of FF Black with 2 1/2ounces of shot . He told me the gun was really only good to 30 yards . My response was really ? ? ? I was hoping for much better than that! I went home with my supplies and thought I'd just see what the gun would really do . One thing I can tell you for certain it will do is kick the $h!@t out of a guy ! Dang it man ! I have shot some hot loads but nothing like this thing ! After sighting the gun in at 10 yards i took the target out to 30 yards to see what she would do . 90 grains FF Black Knight wads #5 lead shot . I used one of those Turkey targets that has the kill zone (spine and brain marked .) The gun shot horrible . Only 4 to 5 pellets in the brain and spine . I was very very disappointed to say the least . I had done some research on my own the week before on proven loads for the TKK2000. I had read where other guys were having trouble getting them to shoot . One guy ( a Knight representative ) said 85 grains of FF triple 7 and 2 1/2 ounces of plated #6 with TPI wads has always shot well for him . Well I had triple 7 but nothing else . I really did not ever imagine that shooting triple 7 instead of True Black powder would make any difference at all but I was at the end of my rope because I had tried everything else I could think of . So I loaded the gun up with 80 grains of FF triple 7 set up another target at 30 yards and let the shot gun roar . To my surprise I went from 4 to 5 pellets to 12 pellets in the spine and brain . Thinking it was just a fluke i loaded up the gun again this time 85 grains FF triple 7, Knight wad 2 1/2 ounces of #5 shot. Set up another target at 30 yards and let the gun kick the crap out of me one last shot . This time I had 14 pellets in the spine and brain ! SWEET ! I cleaned the gun and loaded some quick loads for opening day (Wednesday here in Indiana )
The moral to this long story is ... normally your gun is much more capable than the operator. Luckily I was persistant enough and stick with the gun until I figured out a load that would shoot . If some one would of tried to tell me that switching from Black powder to Triple 7 would make that much of a difference in a shotgun I would of said your nutz ! I still cant hardly believe it. Now after thinking about this whole situation .FF Triple 7 is hotter than FF Black . Maybe if I would of shot 100 to 110 grains of FF Black I may have had the same results ? I really don't know . I had shot the gun more than a dozen times and I had enough . I truly believe if I did some more experimenting I could easily make this a 40 yard plus gun. Just thought I would pass on this little bit of information in case if anyone was having trouble getting their TK 2000s to shoot . Don't give up . This guns I'm sure will not only kick the crap out of you. It will also put the snack down on a gobbler !
Happy hunting !
I went to a muzzleloader shop to buy my wads ,powder shot ect... the fellow at the shop advised me to shoot 90 grains of FF Black with 2 1/2ounces of shot . He told me the gun was really only good to 30 yards . My response was really ? ? ? I was hoping for much better than that! I went home with my supplies and thought I'd just see what the gun would really do . One thing I can tell you for certain it will do is kick the $h!@t out of a guy ! Dang it man ! I have shot some hot loads but nothing like this thing ! After sighting the gun in at 10 yards i took the target out to 30 yards to see what she would do . 90 grains FF Black Knight wads #5 lead shot . I used one of those Turkey targets that has the kill zone (spine and brain marked .) The gun shot horrible . Only 4 to 5 pellets in the brain and spine . I was very very disappointed to say the least . I had done some research on my own the week before on proven loads for the TKK2000. I had read where other guys were having trouble getting them to shoot . One guy ( a Knight representative ) said 85 grains of FF triple 7 and 2 1/2 ounces of plated #6 with TPI wads has always shot well for him . Well I had triple 7 but nothing else . I really did not ever imagine that shooting triple 7 instead of True Black powder would make any difference at all but I was at the end of my rope because I had tried everything else I could think of . So I loaded the gun up with 80 grains of FF triple 7 set up another target at 30 yards and let the shot gun roar . To my surprise I went from 4 to 5 pellets to 12 pellets in the spine and brain . Thinking it was just a fluke i loaded up the gun again this time 85 grains FF triple 7, Knight wad 2 1/2 ounces of #5 shot. Set up another target at 30 yards and let the gun kick the crap out of me one last shot . This time I had 14 pellets in the spine and brain ! SWEET ! I cleaned the gun and loaded some quick loads for opening day (Wednesday here in Indiana )
The moral to this long story is ... normally your gun is much more capable than the operator. Luckily I was persistant enough and stick with the gun until I figured out a load that would shoot . If some one would of tried to tell me that switching from Black powder to Triple 7 would make that much of a difference in a shotgun I would of said your nutz ! I still cant hardly believe it. Now after thinking about this whole situation .FF Triple 7 is hotter than FF Black . Maybe if I would of shot 100 to 110 grains of FF Black I may have had the same results ? I really don't know . I had shot the gun more than a dozen times and I had enough . I truly believe if I did some more experimenting I could easily make this a 40 yard plus gun. Just thought I would pass on this little bit of information in case if anyone was having trouble getting their TK 2000s to shoot . Don't give up . This guns I'm sure will not only kick the crap out of you. It will also put the snack down on a gobbler !
Happy hunting !